A sequel to The Curse of Chalion finds Ista dy Baocia, the Dowager Royina of Chalion, struggling with painful memories and undertaking a pilgrimage to make a personal atonement to the gods, a quest that is threatened by an evil force. Reprint. *Author: Bujold, Lois McMaster *Publication Date: 2005/05/01 *Number of Pages: 482 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: English *Depth: 1.25 *Width: 4.00 *Height: 6.75

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Follow Lois McMaster Bujold, one of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, to a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons -- as a royal dowager, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm.